Dally \Dal"ly\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dallied; p. pr. & vb. n. Dallying.]

[OE. ?alien, dailien; cf. Icel. pylja to talk, G. dallen, dalen, dahlen, to trifle, talk nonsense, OSw. tule a droll or funny man; or AS. dol foolish, E. dull.]

1. To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle.

We have trifled too long already; it is madness to dally any longer. --Calamy.

We have put off God, and dallied with his grace. --Barrow.

2. To interchange caresses, especially with one of the opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport.

Not dallying with a brace of courtesans. --Shak.

Our aerie . . . dallies with the wind. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)